Transcript for Zumba Sex Scandal: Alexis Wright's Business Partner's Trial Set to Begin

We're going to switch gears now. We're three days away from the start of a smalltown case that's transfixed the nation. With the trial about to beginning, an alleged business partner is speaking out about a zumba instructor in maine accused of running a prostitution ring. John schriffen joins us from kennebunk in maine. Reporter: Mark strong, to But before he steps inside the courtroom, facing charges of solicitation and invasion of privacy, he wants to set the record straight. For the first time we're hearing from the man accused of helping to run the zumba prostitution ring in this small town in maine. He bankrolled the studio so alexis wright could teach workout classes. We had a friendship. We talked I may see her once a month. Reporter: The scandal unraveled this past fall, when kennebunk police raided the office, confiscating detailed records, hours of videotape, and what's now known as the list. More than 100 names of clients who allegedly paid wright for sex. Police are making those names public. I thought she was a little -- not risque. But flirtatious at times. Reporter: A father of two, strong also admits, he had a sexual relationship with wright. Never became romantic. Reporter: It was just physical? It was strictly physical. I have no comment. Reporter: Wright has been charged with more than 100 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, and tax evasion. The indictment also alleges that wright secretly recorded over 100 hours of video with her clients, something strong denies knowing about. He denies any wrongdoing. But he says, he will spend the rest of his life apologizing to his wife. I'm sorry for any dishonesty, for the intimate relationship that I had with alexis wright. Reporter: As for alexis wright, the accused -- the alleged zumba prostitute, her lawyer says she's innocent. Wright will have her chance to tell her side of the story when her trial starts in may.

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